Home Runs at the New Yankee Stadium — Part I
Fourty-four games into the Yankees’ season (23 at home) and, besides the normal A-rod gossip, there biggest story is the number of home runs hit at the New Yankee Stadium. It is hard to believe that if you essentially move a park 2000 feet to the left, it can change…however, the numbers do not lie. I still hope that it is just a matter of the Yankees having a powerful offense and awful pitching — but, again, the numbers do not lie (as you will see below).
As of May 24, 2009:
- Yankees 25-19 (14-9 at home and 11-19 on the road).
- Played three home stands and were on the road three times.
- 4/6-4/15 (Away): 9 Games/19 Home Runs (11 by the Yankees)
- 4/16-4/22 (Home): 6 Games/26 Home Runs (14 by the Yankees)
- 4/24-4/29 (Away): 6 Games/14 Home Runs (7 by the Yankees)
- 4/30-5/7 (Home): 7 Games/21 Home Runs (9 by the Yankees)
- 5/8-5/14 (Away): 6 Games/16 Home Runs (10 by the Yankees)
- 5/15-5/24 (Home): 10 Games/40 Home Runs (22 by the Yankees)
Chruching the numbers:
- 87 Home Runs hit at the New Yankee Stadium (in 23 games) = 3.79 per game
- 49 Home Runs hit in Yankee games on the road (in 21 games) = 2.33 per game
- 45 Home Runs by the Yankees at the New Yankee Stadium (in 23 games) = 1.96 per game
- 28 Home Runs by the Yankees on the road (in 21 games) = 1.33 per game
Thus, if this keeps up, there will be about 306 home runs hit at the New Yankee Stadium this year (in the 81 games played there), as compared to a 160 in 2008 and a projected 189 home runs hit in this season’s Yankee road games.
If there is one consolation, it is that the Yankees have hit 73 of the 136 home runs hit in the 44 Yankees games this season (53.7%)